Welcome to the Team!

We wish to welcome and introduce our new Dovetail Associate!

Abby is an ecologist, prescribed fire practitioner, and educator, working at the intersection of research, land management, and community engagement towards a biodiverse and resilient future for ecological and human communities.

2025 Events

Check out some of these upcoming events!

2025 North American Biochar Conference

Join us for the 2025 North American Biochar Conference September 15-18, 2025, the premier event shaping the future of biochar. Hosted by the U.S. Biochar Initiative (USBI), this conference brings together industry leaders, researchers, policymakers, and investors to accelerate market adoption, scale production, and expand biochar applications across industries.

Prescribed Fire Field Trip - Ely

Join Dovetail Partners and MN Arrowhead Fire Adapted Communities for a morning field trip as part of the 2025 NE-MW Regional Prescribed Fire Workshop (registration in the full workshop is NOT required).

The field trip will tour three unique sites in the Ely area (both public and private land) where prescribed fire has been planned and implemented.

To get more information on the Field Trip visit:

https://minnesotafac.org/blogdetail.php?id=68519ddb0055c

A Wilderness Act: Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Join us for A Wilderness Act: Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Where: Ely’s Historic State Theater, 238 E. Sheridan Street, Ely, Minnesota 55731

When: June 26th, 2025 from 7-9pm CT

In A Wilderness Act, Indigenous and Western ways of knowing come together through the collaboration of a Anishinaabe scholar and college professor to redefine our understanding of wilderness and argue for the return of fire to our forests. Join us for a special screening of the film, followed by a panel discussion with key contributors who helped bring it to life.

Intern Projects

Our Spring Interns have completed some amazing projects and reports, take a moment to check these out!

Social Marketing, Social Media, AI, and Forestry

Social marketing is rooted in traditional marketing techniques and applies these principles to social issues in an effort to influence positive behavioral change. This paper explores the application of social marketing techniques to forestry, including conservation efforts with family forest landowners.

Striking a Sustainable Chord

The history of guitar manufacturing is rich. The career of a luthier1 not only relies upon crafting a working guitar, but one that is beautiful, reliable, and most importantly sought after in the economic market. However, we face a growing resource issue due to many of the most popular wood species for guitar manufacturing now becoming endangered and protected.

Prescribed Fire in the Lake States

This paper organizes theory and practice as it relates to the Great Lakes region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, where case studies are used to highlight what prescribed fire could look like under state, tribal, or private management respectively. The intent of this publication is to address the need for further geographically-specific literature, feature pertinent case studies, and inform the continued work of fire practitioners in Minnesota and beyond.

Water Waste Treatment in the USA

One of the biggest national issues facing wastewater treatment today is its average age of 33 years and grade of “D” from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The inefficiency of the US Water Waste Treatment System (WWTS) stems potentially from a lack of public involvement and funding, which could be remedied with an increase in education and awareness paving the way for funding and consequently cleaner water.